String Quintet No. 2 is perhaps the most contrasting work Brahms wrote for strings. This multicolored tonal painting oscillates between exuberance and fragile delicacy. Melancholic serenity and a cheerfulness reminiscent of the Czardas meet dark wistfulness. This mature, highly exciting late work by Brahms also seems like a retrospective on an entire century of music. Brahms draws on important composers of the 19th century. The themes of his quintet evoke memories of Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. All of this is characterized by dense thematic work and a lavish sonority.

6. Sunday Matinee

Kleist Museum

2. Chamber music in Strausberg

Kreismusikschule Märkisch-Oderland

Over the past four years, the BSOF has been able to fill around a quarter of its positions with young, excellently trained musicians. Some of them - initiated by double bassist Luis Gómez Santos - have founded a new string sextet, which made its acclaimed debut in autumn 2023. Now this ensemble - reinforced by our deputy principal viola player Eberhard Stoll - is once again enriching the "Sunday Matinees". This time it is dedicated to Tchaikovsky's musical memory of Florence - music full of lightheartedness and Italian flair - and the "Metamorphoses" by Richard Strauss. The version for 23 strings is considered one of the pinnacle works of Strauss and instrumental music of the 20th century. With us you can hear the "Metamorphoses" in the special version for string sextet plus double bass.

Zhi Ma

Events

Past events

Mar 29, 2026

6. Sunday Matinee · Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Dec 7, 2025

2. Chamber music in Strausberg · Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in String Quartet No. 1 by Tchaikovsky

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Violin in String Quintet No. 2 by Brahms

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Violin in String Quintet No. 3 by Dvořák

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Violin in Metamorphoses by Strauss

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Violin in String Quartet No. 19 by Mozart

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

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